2 suspects arrested in police shooting outside Eastside gas station

An Indianapolis metro police officer shot a suspect this morning in the parking lot of an Eastside convenience store after the man refused to drop a semiautomatic rifle he was carrying, police said.
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Two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday morning’s officer-involved shooting in the parking lot of an Eastside convenience store.

Manuel Staples and Monique Buckley, both 23 and both of Indianapolis, each face a preliminary charge of robbery, according to a news release from Sgt. Kendale Adams, a spokesman for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

An Indianapolis metropolitan police officer shot a suspect around 3:30 a.m. outside the Circle K at 21st Street and Shadeland Avenue after the man refused to drop a semi-automatic rifle, police said.

The suspect was trying to load a round and pointed the gun at an officer, said officer Christopher Wilburn, an IMPD spokesman.

The suspect tried to force into the store several employees standing outside, Wilburn said. When police attempted to intervene, the suspect turned his gun toward an officer.

“The officer shot and struck the suspect,” Wilburn said in a release.

IMPD officers and store employees at the scene were not injured, Wilburn said, and the suspect was transported to Eskenazi Hospital in serious but stable condition.

Police also detained a woman suspected of driving the getaway vehicle, Wilburn said.

Authorities are following standard procedures for reviewing any police-action shooting, Wilburn said. The case will also be reviewed by the Marion County prosecutor.